August 28th, 1909

Born on August 28th, 1909

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What happened on August 28th, 1909?

August 28th, 1909

A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenic_Army

August 28th, 1909

The 1909 Monterrey hurricane dissipated; one of the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, it killed an estimated 4,000 people throughout Mexico.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1909_Monterrey_hurricane

What else happened on August 28th?

August 28th, 2021

The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line opens for service

August 28th, 2003

A pizza delivery man in Erie, Pennsylvania, was killed during a complex bank robbery when a bomb that was locked around his neck exploded.

August 28th, 1993

The first direct Presidential election in Singapore was held.

August 28th, 1987

Construction began on the Ryugyong Hotel (pictured) in Pyongyang, the tallest building in North Korea.

August 28th, 1973

Swedish police used gas bombs to end a seven-day hostage situation in Stockholm; during the incident the hostages had bonded with their captors, leading to the term Stockholm syndrome.

August 28th, 1963

American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech "I Have a Dream" during the March on Washington, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.

August 28th, 1955

African-American teenager Emmett Till was lynched near Money, Mississippi, for allegedly flirting with a white woman, energizing the nascent American civil rights movement.

August 28th, 1950

In tennis, Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to compete at the U.S. National Championships.

August 28th, 1914

In the first naval battle of the First World War, British ships ambushed a German naval patrol in the Heligoland Bight.

August 28th, 1833

The Slavery Abolition Act 1833, officially abolishing slavery in most of the British Empire, received royal assent.

August 28th, 1830

Tom Thumb, the first American-built steam locomotive, engaged in an impromptu race against a horse-drawn car in Maryland.

August 28th, 1789

William Herschel discovered Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, during the first use of his new telescope which was then the largest in the world.

August 28th, 1640

Bishops' Wars: Scottish Covenanter forces led by Alexander Leslie defeated the English army near Newburn, England.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 28th

Born on August 28th, 1909

85

Fritz Ihlau

German composer and journalist

*August 28th, 1909, Hanover †January 1st, 1995, Cologne

73

Lamberto Maggiorani

Actor (1909-1983)

*August 28th, 1909, Rome †April 22nd, 1983, Rome

87

John Glyn-Jones

British actor (1909-1997)

*August 28th, 1909, London †January 21st, 1997, Morocco

90

Eberhard Bethge

German protestant theologian, pastor and biographer of D. Bonhoeffer

*August 28th, 1909, Magdeburg †March 18th, 2000, Wachtberg

51

Georgia Caldwell Smith

One of the first African-American women to gain a bachelor's degree in mathematics

*August 28th, 1909, Atchison †May 6th, 1961

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43

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

82

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author (1828–1910)

*August 28th, 1828, Yasnaya Polyana †November 7th, 1910, Astapovo

80

Karl-Michael Vogler

German actor

*August 28th, 1928, Remscheid †June 9th, 2009, Seehausen am Staffelsee

73

Dietz-Otto Edzard

German Assyriologist

*August 28th, 1930, Bremen †June 2nd, 2004, Munich

42

Karl Otfried Müller

German scholar of classical Greek studies (1797–1840)

*August 28th, 1797, Brzeg †August 1st, 1840, Athens

82

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)

*August 28th, 1749, Frankfurt †March 22nd, 1832, Weimar

75

Sam Levene

American actor (1905–1980)

*August 28th, 1905, Russian Empire †December 28th, 1980, New York City

91

Eckhard Müller-Mertens

German medievalist

*August 28th, 1923, Berlin †January 14th, 2015, Berlin

29

Felix Jaehn

German DJ and music producer

*August 28th, 1994, Hamburg

76

Jack Kirby

American comic book artist (1917–1994)

*August 28th, 1917, New York City †February 6th, 1994, Thousand Oaks

74

Tjalling Koopmans

Dutch American economist

*August 28th, 1910, 's-Graveland †February 26th, 1985, New Haven

66

Roxie Roker

Bahamian–American actress (1929-1995)

*August 28th, 1929, Miami †December 2nd, 1995, Los Angeles

82

Robertson Davies

Canadian novelist (1913-1995)

*August 28th, 1913, Thamesville †December 2nd, 1995, Orangeville

49

Carsten Jancker

German association football player and manager

*August 28th, 1974, Grevesmühlen

64

Wilhelm Urban

German politician (1908-1973)

*August 28th, 1908, Hörde †February 8th, 1973, Berlin

78

Nino Taranto

Italian actor (1907-1986)

*August 28th, 1907, Naples †February 23rd, 1986, Naples

81

Umberto Giordano

Italian opera composer

*August 28th, 1867, Foggia †November 12th, 1948, Milan

48

Heinrich Heydemann

German classical archaeologist

*August 28th, 1842, Greifswald †September 10th, 1890, Halle (Saale)

58

Shania Twain

Canadian country music singer and songwriter

*August 28th, 1965, Windsor

85

Paul Martin

Prime minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006

*August 28th, 1938, Windsor

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Born in 1909

72

Dorothy Walton

Badminton player

*August 7th, 1909, Swift Current †October 17th, 1981, Toronto

69

Walter Arnold

German sculptor and politician (1909-1979)

*August 27th, 1909, Leipzig †July 11th, 1979, Dresden

86

Arthur Dale Trendall

Australian classical archaeologist (1909-1995)

*March 28th, 1909, Auckland †November 13th, 1995, Melbourne

80

Peter von Blanckenhagen

Baltic-german-american archaeologist

*March 21st, 1909, Riga †March 6th, 1990, New York City

80

Hermann Bengtson

German historian

*July 2nd, 1909, Ratzeburg †November 2nd, 1989, Munich

85

Jessica Tandy

British-American actress (1909–1994)

*June 7th, 1909, London †September 11th, 1994, Fairfield County

82

Francis Bacon

Irish-born British figurative painter, 1909–1992

*October 28th, 1909, Dublin †April 28th, 1992, Madrid

87

Alain Poher

French politician (1909-1996)

*April 17th, 1909, Ablon-sur-Seine †December 9th, 1996, Paris

85

Tom Ewell

American actor (1909-1994)

*April 29th, 1909, Owensboro †September 12th, 1994, Woodland Hills

73

Isa Miranda

Italian actress (1905-1982)

*July 5th, 1909, Milan †July 8th, 1982, Rome

65

U Thant

Third Secretary-General of the United Nations (1909-1974)

*January 22nd, 1909, Pantanaw †November 25th, 1974, New York City

62

Kwame Nkrumah

Ghanaian pan-Africanist and the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana (1909-1972)

*September 21st, 1909, Nkroful †April 27th, 1972, Bucharest

103

Rita Levi-Montalcini

Italian neurologist (1909-2012)

*April 22nd, 1909, Turin †December 30th, 2012, Nomentano

106

Hans Erni

Swiss painter and engraver (1909-2015)

*February 21st, 1909, Lucerne †March 21st, 2015, Lucerne

87

Daniel Mayer

French politician, member of the French Resistance (1909-1996)

*April 29th, 1909, Paris †December 29th, 1996, Orsay

108

Jacques Clemens

Belgian priest

*July 11th, 1909, The Hague †March 7th, 2018, Loverval

89

Gratien Gélinas

Canadian author, playwright, actor, director, producer and administrator

*December 8th, 1909, Mauricie †March 16th, 1999, Deux-Montagnes

104

Frits Thors

Dutch television presenter

*September 13th, 1909, Amsterdam †April 19th, 2014, Laren

53

Hans-Heinrich Sievert

German decathlete (1909-1963)

*December 1st, 1909, Gut Grittern †April 5th, 1963, Eutin

34

Simone Weil

(1909-1943) French philosopher, Christian mystic, writer and social activist

*February 3rd, 1909, Paris †August 24th, 1943, Ashford

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1909 is a normal year and no leap year.

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